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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 75 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Posted by admin on May 29, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.7224S, 146.2244WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Saipan in Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 146.2244° East, 15.7224° North, depth 64.74 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:31:59 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eeb3. Id of event: us1000eeb3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/05/18 / 2018-05-29 19:31:59 / May 29, 2018 @ 7:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.74 km (40 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Saipan (c. 48 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saipan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Northern Mariana Islands (c. 54 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.2244° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.7224° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km NE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-29 19:31:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-29 21:51:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 327 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.636 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000eeb3 Id of event.
Event Code 1000eeb3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000eeb3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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